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Thursday, November 09, 2006

Thoughts on the much-hyped Election

First and foremost, it would be foolish for the Democrats to view this as some sort of victory of their ideological principles (or lack of), rather than what it was: a backlash against Republicans who weren't being Republicans. Examining ballot initiatives, by way of contrast to the candidates elected, reveals a much different story than what is being hyped by the MSM. In Michigan, voters rejected racial preferences in school admissions, while several states passed bans on gay marriage. California, for its part, rejected punitive taxes on oil producers. Yet the tax and spend, free love Democrats control both houses of congress. The meaning of this seemingly contradictory series of events is simple: the American people, more than one party or the other, hate do-nothing politicians. Recently, those Republicans who were swept into, and kept in, office on the principles of small government, fiscal responsibility, strong immigration and national security policies, and morally conscience social policy have descended to the level of their counterparts, by abandoning principle to maintain their place in office. This is what was defeated on Tuesday, nothing more.

The Republicans, for their part, need to lick their wounds, clean house, and get down to business. First, its time to remind themselves what got them into power in the first place, and return to it. Congressional republicans must propose sweeping immigration reform during the next term, an issue that is a win-win, with the Democrats either conceding to stronger measures, or risking being labeled early as the party that is soft on security once again. President Bush will have to take a stronger stand on immigration, and start vetoing bloated spending bills. And as for the new Secretary of Defense, its time to stop beating around the bush in Iraq. We need to increase troop levels, maybe dramatically, fire up the bombers, and go on the offensive once again. The "War" in Iraq was a sweeping success. The aftermath, however, has been an ongoing political charade that attempted to placate moderate voters and obstructionist Democrats at the expense of security and American lives. Let's bring this conflict to a close, not by withdrawing but by finishing the job.

Democrats did not win on Tuesday - lethargic Republicans lost. And perhaps rightly so. Now, however, the majority is the Democrats to lose, and they likely will. For, while they gained their majority by running on conservative principles, it won't be long before the true colors of Pelosi and Dean shine through, and the American people remember why they booted the party of tax hikes, abortion on demand, and national security waffling out of office in the first place.

The elction was about the Middle East. However, Iraq is a diversion. As the army attacks Iraq, the US gov't erodes rights at home by suspending habeas corpus, stealing private lands, banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon, rigging elections, conducting warrantless wiretaps and starting 2 illegal wars based on lies. Soon, another US false-flag operation will occur (sinking of an Aircraft Carrier) and the US will invade Iran, (on behalf of Israel).Final link (before Google Books bends to gov't demands and censors the title):America Deceived (book)

Suspending Habeas Corpus - I can assume you are referring to Guantanamo Bay, which of course has been a U.S. Facility for storing enemy combatants and prisoners of war for decades, in the manner identical to that used today, and the use of military tribunals in time of war as has been the practice of every sovereign nation for 300 years. Stealing Private Lands - Well, there's an interesting charge. If this is a reference to the Supreme Court's Kelo ruling, then I suppose that the election was about that, in that many states passed laws basically neutering the asinine ruling into nothingness. But the defeat of the Republicans can hardly be linked to one of the most radical and socialist rulings to come out of the then-liberal supreme court since University of Michigan.

Rigging Elections - But I thought you guys won...Rove must be smarter than I thought.

Warrantless Wiretaps - This is another one of those that just won't go away. The legality and use of the wiretaps has been exhaustively explained to un-listening ears by the Justice Department for months, I won't bother to address it here, but needless to say, the calls only involve known terrorist suspects, and calls that have at least one party outside the US. Also if you have any suggestions for how to serve a warrant to a terrorist and then continue to eavesdrop on his conversations, please let me know.

Illegal Wars based on Lies - Interesting, but I think pretending that Iraq wasn't seeking weapons (which the NY Times accidentally admitted they were doing in their botched October surprise attempt this year), and that Afghanistan and Iraq both weren't threats might be the real lie my friend.

Just a suggestion, but maybe you ought to purchase some different reading.

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Jason Broander was a fourth year at the University of Chicago and is currently majoring in History; he has a strong interest in historic events of both the past and present and welcomes any comments and suggestions for this site;)

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Andrew Dzwonchyk is a second year in the college. He plans to major in Economics, Poli Sci, and/ or History, and is a native of the DC area. His areas of particular interest include foreign policy and social issues.